A new village home has been approved despite parish councillors saying it would have an impact on the environment. Members of the planning and licencing committee of Rutland County Council approved the application to convert a barn and disused cattle shed into a home with detached carport, next to New Quarry House in Holywell Road, Clipsham. The development was described as “an adaptation of an attractive range of buildings for residential use, being structurally sound and able to be converted without major re-construction. The conversion and re-use of this appropriately located and suitably c…